The Brown Faculty of Color Network continues to host monthly professional development workshops and networking events. OIDI also hosted a networking event in Fall 2016 for graduate students of color and faculty of color. As of December 2016, faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students have access to NCFDD as result of a Brown institutional membership. Further, plans are underway to expand the network to include both clinical and research faculty of color.
An early career scholar mentoring program has been initiated, and academic and networking events are being offered regularly. In addition, as of December 2016, Brown became an institutional member of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) in order to provide broader professional development opportunities and resources for faculty. OIDI has also collaborated with academic departments and centers to offer faculty development activities relevant to specific fields and as requested by different groups of faculty.
The Office of the Provost has provided additional resources to support Target of Opportunity hires for faculty in the Medical School and the School of Public Health.
There are 3 visiting scholars this Spring 2017: Professor Sylvester James Gates, Jr., appointed through June 2017 with Physics, Dr. Ronald Aubert, appointed through December 2017 with the School of Public Health and CSREA, and Dr. John Asher Johnson, appointed through May, 2017 with Physics and CSREA.
Report from the Task Force on Diversity in the Curriculum released Sept. 2016.
In August 2016 the Office of University Communications launched a new revamped “History” page of the About section of brown.edu that introduces a prominent link to the Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice as part of a more comprehensive presentation of University history. In addition, a redesigned OIDI website undertaken with University Communications to be completed in September 2016 will feature the report prominently as a resource.
